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Cytokinesis

Cytokinesis illustration
Cilliate undergoing cytokinesis, with the cleavage furrow being clearly visible.

Cytokinesis is the division of cells after either mitosis or meiosis I and II.

During cytokinesis, the cytoplasm (the liquid center of the cell that holds the organelles into place) splits into two equal halves, and the cell becomes two daughter cells. This occurs right after the beginning of anaphase (in mitosis and in meiosis I and II).

Cell division continues during telophase (in mitosis and in meiosis I and II) until the cell has completely divided. mitosis and meiosis II starts again after cytokinesis. A new and complete nucleus has been formed in each of the two cells.[1]

Cytokinesis in plants

Animal cell telophase and cytokinesis

In plants cytokinesis is slightly different. As plant cells cannot move apart because of their cell wall, a cell plate begins to form during late anaphase and throughout telophase.

When the cytoplasm and organelles are divided evenly between the two new cells, the plate then becomes less flimsy and soon becomes another cell wall separating the daughter cells. Cytokinesis splits the cell wall, unlike animal cells, where it splits the cytoplasm. The cell wall grows later as the two new cells expand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Eggert U.S., Mitchison T.J. & Field C.M. Animal cytokinesis: from parts list to mechanism by 2006. Annual Review of Cell Biology 75, 543-66.
  2. ↑ "The Illuminated Plant Cell - Dividing Cell". www.illuminatedcell.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2026-07-28.

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